Pine Ridge marks 20th anniversary of first state championship with 2009 title
Janis, Weston lead Lady Thorpes to upset win over Dell Rapids
By Tom Crash Times Sports Correspondent
      WATERTOWN - In the first two games in the 2009 State A Tourney in Watertown, the Pine Ridge Lady Thorpes struggled with their shots and with turnovers but found a way to win, defeating Wagner 51 to 45 and Newell 46-42.
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Pine Ridge 51-45 Wagner
      As the number two seed, Pine Ridge opened the 2009 tourney Thursday against Wagner who had knocked off 18-2 Parkston on the way to get to the tournament. The Lady Thorpes started slow, struggling to take care of the ball and finding it tough to buy a basket going down 9-8 at the end of one.
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Pine Ridge 46-42 Newell
      In a match-up of two West River teams Newell 23-1 and Pine Ridge 23-1, the Irrigators found a rhythm much sooner than Pine Ridge as the Lady Thorpes missed shot after shot to find themselves down 28-25 at the half. Pine Ridge stepped up their defense after the break holding Newell to just five third quarter points and gaining a 35-33 third quarter lead.
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Pine Ridge defeats Milbank for 1989 A championship
      SIOUX FALLS - In 1989 the Pine Ridge Lady Thorpes entered the State A tourney at the Sioux Falls arena as a young upstart with not many people giving them much of a chance but after defeating Flandreau and Parkston they faced the number one seed and most everyone's pick as champion.
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Cheyenne Eagle Butte closes out State A tourney with win over Britton-Hecla
      EAGLE BUTTE - The Lady Braves bounced back from two opening losses and the loss of their junior sharpshooter, Tiarra Maxon to win their seventh place game with Britton-Hecla by leading it at each quarter break and finishing strong for a 47- 35 win to conclude the tourney on a positive note.
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Lady Thorpes return in victory
      PINE RIDGE — Hand made signs bedecked with red balloons and streamers thrashed against the wind while hopeful crowds in Martin and Batesland waited in vain Sunday afternoon for a glimpse of the 2009 State Class A Girl's basketball champions.
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Showing the best side of sports
By Kevin Woster Reprinted with permission from the Rapid City Journal
      The boys from St. Thomas More saved the best for last. And it came when the game — and their season — was over. They were sweaty, tired and broken-hearted after their loss to the Red Cloud Crusaders in the Region 8A championship game at the civic center.
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Red Cloud's re-charged Crusaders return to State A as 3rd seed, play Sisseton
White River earns #1 seed in journey to repeat as State B champs
By Tom Crash Times Sports Correspondent
      RAPID CITY - After graduating seven seniors in May including all five starters from a team that went 24-2 and took second in the state tournament last year in Sioux Falls no one saw Red Cloud on the horizon as teams prepared for the 2008/09 boy's basketball season.
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White River is back, earns #1 seed for State B Tourney
By Tom Crash Times Sports Correspondent
      ABERDEEN - In many ways, just like Red Cloud in the A ranks, White River opened the season as the defending State B champs but without Louie Krogman, South Dakota's all-time leading scorer and nobody had them on the radar screen as having the ability or wherewithal to make a run at a second straight State B championship but that has changed.
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2009 State A Boy's Tournament Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Rapid City
      Game 1: Madison (21- 2) vs. McLaughlin (17-6) 12 noon Game 2: Sioux Valley (20-3) vs. Lennox (20-3) 1:45 p.m. Game 3: Platte-Geddes (21-2) vs. Parkston (19-4) 6 p.m. Game 4: Red Cloud (19-3) vs. Sisseton (16-5) 7:45 p.m.
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2009 State B Boy's Tournament Barnet Center/NSU, Aberdeen
      Game 1: White River (20-3) vs. Avon (10-12) 12 noon Game 2: Hitchcock- Tulare (20-3) vs. Menno (20-3) 1:45 p.m. Game 3: Herreid (20-2) vs. Elkton-Lake Benton (14-10) 6 p.m. Game 4: Viborg (21-2) vs. Sully Buttes (17-6) 7:45 p.m.
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